Updates from the CCPA
Ricardo Tranjan proposes an alternate plan to Doug Ford's buck-a-beer challenge in the Toronto Star.
September 6, 2018 |
Ontario Office The Toronto Star's Sara Mojtehedzadeh discusses the findings of the CCPA Ontario's report, No Safe Harbour and gathers firsthand accounts from precariously employed professionals who live and work in...
September 6, 2018 |
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Our latests publication, Lesson Here, digs in to the West Viriginia teachers' strike. Read the firsthand accounts of the work stoppage here.
September 4, 2018 |
National Office Tailings dam spills at Mount Polley and Mariana: Chronicles of disasters foretold explores the many parallels between the tailings dam spills at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia, Canada,...
August 20, 2018 |
BC Office On July 27, 2018, CCPA Senior Researcher Kate McInturff passed away. The CCPA mourns the devastating loss of our colleague and friend. Kate will be remembered as a feminist trailblazer in public...
July 30, 2018 |
National Office This fall, British Columbians will get to vote on whether we want a new electoral system for our province. What an incredible opportunity.
Between October 22 and November 30, BC voters will be able...
July 25, 2018 |
BC Office The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation is the steward of BC’s public pensions, but bankrolls companies whose current business models exceed the climate change targets agreed to in the...
June 22, 2018 |
BC Office Climate change; stagnant global economic growth; political polarization; growing inequality. Our city finds itself dealing with all these issues, and more at once.
The 2018 Alternative Municipal...
June 18, 2018 |
Manitoba Office When we think of a “boomtown,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities in oil-...
May 23, 2018 |
Saskatchewan Office Canada faces some very difficult choices in maintaining energy security while meeting emissions reduction targets.
A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes—published through the Corporate...
May 1, 2018 |
National Office, BC Office The cost of raising a family in British Columbia increased slightly from 2017 to 2018.
A $20.91 hourly wage is needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver, up from $20.61 per...
April 25, 2018 |
BC Office As Metro Vancouver’s population has grown, so have its traffic congestion problems. Whether it’s a long wait to cross a bridge or get on a bus, everyone can relate to the additional time and stress...
April 12, 2018 |
BC Office Premier Pallister’s Trump-esque statement that budget 2018 was going to be the “best budget ever” has fallen a bit flat.
Instead of a bold plan to deal with climate change, poverty and our crumbling...
March 14, 2018 |
Manitoba Office Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners.
More information will be added as it is available.
Commentary and...
February 14, 2018 |
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